There is a deal of background noise in your recording. You can "see it" on the waveform by the little squiggles (or fuzz) where there is quiet. Removing background noise is quite easy in Audacity..

1) Select an area where you can see the (fuzz) squiggles, but it should be flat (aka quiet)
2) Effect / Noise Removal [Get Noise Profile]
3) Clear the highlighted area on the waveform (so that you're now removing the noise from the rest of the recording)
4) Effect / Noise Reduction [ok]Noise_Cleaning[/quote] You may need to repeat the steps above if there are lots of squiggles (fuzz) left on the waveform. Remember also to check your volume levels afterwards.
The best is to have a quiet recording space and to find all sources of noise and eliminate them if possible. I know it is difficult - I can only record on weekends due to the surrounding traffic

Installing ReplayGain plugin "installation – only done once"]There is a nice little tool that directly tells you how much to amplify: Replay Gain plugin for Audacity

Mono/Stereo

Your technical settings ... You have recorded the piece as a stereo piece. This is easily fixed (and only needs to be done once). Go: Edit/ Preferences/Devices/Channels (bottom of the list)/Mono

Overall you did a good job reading and have only some technical things to work out. Please rerecord the test and upload to this page and I'll listen again.

Craig

What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
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What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
My Website Kierkegaards Challenge

Let me know what display name you would like and if you want yor online portfolio page linked as your website.

Craig

What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
My Website Kierkegaards Challenge

Overall you did a good job reading and have only some technical things to work out. Please rerecord the test and upload to this page and I'll listen again.

Craig

Thank you. I actually completed this recording without a microphone, only using the microphone integrated into my laptop.

Provided there's no immediate deadline, I can purchase a cheap headset/microphone sometime later this week, which will likely eliminate the background noise and help with clarity. I will also take the steps you mentioned to adjust for volume concerns.

Provided there's no immediate deadline, I can purchase a cheap headset/microphone sometime later this week, which will likely eliminate the background noise and help with clarity. I will also take the steps you mentioned to adjust for volume concerns.

I can wait until you get a headphone. Are you using Audacity?

Craig

What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
My Website Kierkegaards Challenge

What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
My Website Kierkegaards Challenge

9:08 Which being fleeting and transient combinations of simple ideas – you read some ideas

We need 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording

Craig

What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
My Website Kierkegaards Challenge

What had been his eye’s delight, his eyes craved to see again and his ingratitude punished him by inducing him to believe it to be more beautiful than it had ever been. Soren Kierkegaard 1843
My Website Kierkegaards Challenge